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"...but standouts prove the sad waltz "Anodyne" (not the Uncle Tupelo song) and the lonesome call of closer "Bound." –..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Terry Allen Revisits His Definitive Albums

Lubbock musician on Juarez and Lubbock (On Everything)

"...the moodier aspects of latter day alt.country acts like Uncle Tupelo and Richard Buckner. Its recording, with Joe Ely,..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

More OSMF Bluegrass Pick(er)s & Sleepers

"..."Perhaps it's the sound juxtaposition," starts the former Uncle Tupelo singer. "Acoustic bass mixed with a full-on electric..."

April 15, 2016 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Playback: RSD in ATX

Record Store Day local exclusives, and out-of-the-way wax emporiums that may carry them

"...Willie Nelson/Uncle Tupelo, "Truck Drivin' Man" 7-inch: Terry Fell's long-hauler performed..."

April 15, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Son Volt Hasn’t Changed

Jay Farrar’s trio lets the songs do the heavy lifting live

"...ticket unsold under the same roof as his former Uncle Tupelo bandmate, this time at Cactus Cafe’s Texas Union..."

Nov. 16, 2015 Music Post by Neph Basedow

ACL Fest 2015 Friday Listings

Blurbs on the hour

"...year's fourth LP, Love and Logic. Produced by former Uncle Tupelo/Wilco drummer Ken Coomer, the Virginia quintet coated alt-roots..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Music Feature

Friday Picks & Sleepers

Obvious Picks and loads of not-so-obvious Sleepers!

"...standout Love and Logic (Thirty Tigers), benefited from former Uncle Tupelo and Wilco drummer Ken Coomer's production, with tunes..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Wilco

Out of the basement and under the tree!

"...In 1994, with grunge in full dirge and Uncle Tupelo broken up, Wilco led alt.country into the mainstream...."

Dec. 12, 2014 Music Review by Neph Basedow

Like Father, Like Son

Jeff and Spencer Tweedy align Saturday at the Texas Ballroom

"...After the first few songs, Tweedy remembered that Uncle Tupelo had played the Ballroom way back and asked..."

June 23, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

This Is No Depression

Another look at Lone Justice, Uncle Tupelo, and some blues

"...the influential Los Angeles band at its infancy, while Uncle Tupelo’s No Depression spawned an entire industry...."

Jan. 15, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Falling Cars and Junkyard Dogs: Portraits of a Musical Life

Those looking for mentions of Jeff Tweedy should turn elsewhere

"...reflects on songwriting or working with his renowned bands, Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt, save for a brief, unexpected..."

June 21, 2013 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Praise the Lloyd

Lloyd Maines and the Dixie Chicks hold court for KLRU

"...icon who’s performed with everyone from Indigo Girls to Uncle Tupelo, the Lubbock native can lay claim to being..."

May 17, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Son Volt

"...Volt may want to look elsewhere. Here, the onetime Uncle Tupelo frontman uses country music, heartbreak, and the road..."

April 19, 2013 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

ACL Interview: The War on Drugs

Friday, 2:30pm, Bud Light stage

"...parallels Son Volt's Trace as opposing results of the Uncle Tupelo demise. Granduciel and Vile recorded together for years..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Music Feature by Austin Powell

If I Had My Way

Guitar hero Evan Johns lives!

"...in Chicago. While a Hüsker Dü-influen- ced new band named Uncle Tupelo opened, Johns was passed out drunk in the..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Buxton

"...Jason Wills. You can't go too wrong with the Uncle Tupelo-like jangle of "Riverbed" and an uptempo country rocker..."

March 16, 2012 Music Review by Dan Oko

SXSW 2012 Tuesday Picks & Sleepers

"...burns Southern rock effigies with the blue-collar grit of Uncle Tupelo and the grimed groove of early Black Keys...."

March 9, 2012 Music Feature

The Whole Love

Reviewing Wilco's new ‘The Whole Love’

"...his liberation from the critical and inter-band gravitas of Uncle Tupelo. Summerteeth (1999) introduced a Beatlesque detailing to match..."

Sept. 27, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Dog Years

Austin's version of the Band – the Gourds – steps into those brown shoes almost literally with Old Mad Joy

"...roots-rock world, making the Gourds poster children for the post-Uncle Tupelo No Depression set. Keith Langford replaced Llewellin after..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Stranger Than Paradise

Tucked up in the Catskill Mountains, All Tomorrow's Parties stages a music festival for its own

"...the comedown. Kicking off its first reunion tour, the Uncle Tupelo of stoner metal, whose 1997 split resulted in..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Austin Collins & the Rainbirds

"...Collins has drawn comparisons to alt.country stalwarts Slobberbone and Uncle Tupelo, but on his third disc, Wrong Control, the..."

March 12, 2010 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Shouting Across the Void

Jeff Tweedy in mono

"...you know I think one of the first trips Uncle Tupelo made to Austin I managed to get most..."

Oct. 1, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playing Catch Up

Truckers, hawks, and more

"...the Minneapolis-based country rockers were nearly as influential as Uncle Tupelo, if not more successful. Co-founder Mark Olson left..."

July 22, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Gary

Alternative tracks

"...Recalling the hardened moments of Uncle Tupelo's locally produced final outing, 1993's Anodyne, the Gary's..."

May 22, 2009 Music Review by Austin Powell

It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music

"...chapter on alternative country concentrates on Gram Parsons and Uncle Tupelo but ignores the scenes that preceded and surrounded..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Homage to a Dick?

WTF is Wilco thinking?

"...sticker. Plus, it will prepare me for the upcoming Uncle Tupelo reunion ad blitz featuring the fellas in front..."

April 30, 2008 Design Post by Kate X Messer

The Motel Life

Richmond Fontaine's Willy Vlautin comes to BookPeople.

"...into the scene. They seemed too much like an Uncle Tupelo clone and I dismissed them after a SXSW..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Taking Austin for a 'Spin'

TCBlog make the Austin rounds in the new Spin.

"...which you may have heard. And: Jeff Tweedy recorded Uncle Tupelo's last and Wilco's first albums at least partially..."

April 25, 2007 News Post by Christopher Gray

Ciao Lolla

"...Austin collegiate rockers capped their BMI stage showcase with Uncle Tupelo's "Gun," frontman Austin Hartley-Leonard doing an ace Jay..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Music Feature

Gramography

"...alternative rock take on Parsons' songbook, featuring Steve Wynn, Uncle Tupelo, the Coal Porters, Mekons, Peter Holsapple, Bob Mould,..."

June 30, 2006 Music Feature

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